It's time for Blake Farenthold to resign, not retire

Though Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, announced on Thursday he won’t run for re-election in 2018, the congressman is reportedly pushing back on House leadership’s private pressures for him to resign.

Farenthold was recently revealed to have settled a gender discrimination lawsuit for $84,000 in taxpayer money and stands accused of sexual harassment. The Washington Examiner’s David Drucker reported on Thursday that a Republican source confirmed Farenthold “is retiring under pressure from [Speaker Ryan], who spoke twice to congressman on Wed. & told him he should RESIGN. He’s resisting.”